Mus115/20th Century Study Guide/Nathanson

VI - The Twentieth Century (pp. 278-284)

Chapter 1 - Musical Styles: 1900-1945 (pp. 285-293)

Chapter 2 - Music and Musicians in Society (pp. 293-296)

Chapter 3 - Impressionism and Symbolism (pp. 296-298)

· Like romanticism but much more subtle

· transparent, translucent, shimmering, etc.

· new scales and harmony

· French

Chapter 4 - Claude Debussy (pp. 298-302)

· Prélude à L'Aprés-midi d'un Faune

Chapter 5 - Neoclassism (pp.302 -303)

Chapter 6 - Igor Stravinsky (pp. 303-310)

· Primitivism

· Diaghilev

· Nijinsky

· Polytonality & Polyrhythm

· Melodic fragments

· Ostinato

The Rite of Spring (know these sections of the piece)

· Introduction

· The Omens of Spring

· Dance of the Adolescents

· The Game of Abduction

· Round Dances of Spring

Chapter 7 - Expressionism (pp. 310-311)

Chapter 8 - Arnold Schoenberg (pp. 312-319)

· atonality

· Serialism

· 12-tone music

· Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (Moonstruck Pierrot; 1912)

· A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)

Chapter 9 - Alban Berg (pp. 319-324)

· serial techniques (12-tone music) combined with extreme chromaticism

· Wozzeck (How does this opera reflect expressionism?)

Chapter 15 - Aaron Copland (pp. 337-341)

· Appalachian Spring

· American sounding (folk melodies)

· Consonant, jazzy, ballet, Martha Graham

Chapter 16 - Musical Styles since 1945 ( pp. 341-352)

· Aleatory music

· Minimalist music

Chapter 17 - Music since 1945

· Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano by John Cage (pp. 352-354)

· Einstein on the Beach (1976) by Philip Glass (pp.355-357)

· Minimalism, rock influences, repetition and addition, consonant, relentless beat and regular rhythm

Music Today - In the Dragon's Garden by David Kechley

The Final is on Monday, May 5, 8:00 am to 11:00 am.

All concert papers must be turned in Friday morning BEFORE the test.